Student Video Centre

One of the biggest keys to creating a successful video is feedback. Understanding how to improve your project with the insight of experts is what the Sun-CBC Student Video Awards Critique Workshop is all about.
Set for Saturday, Feb. 1, the free workshop will allow students to bring in their projects to be critiqued by experts in the fields of story development, sound design, visual effects, animation techniques, motion design to name a few.
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It may have been raining outside, but students were soaking up the knowledge and expertise of Vancouver’s top video storytellers inside at the Vancouver Sun-CBC Student Video Awards Workshop on Saturday, Nov. 2.
Twelve of Vancouver’s top video, animation and writing experts hosted 15 separate sessions at the event held at the 151 Animation Studio of Vancouver Film School.
Students and participants from around the Lower Mainland converged on the workshop, which is an extension ... Read More …

Learn from some of the sharpest minds in video production and documentary filmmaking from Vancouver at the Student Video Awards’ one-day workshop.
This is an opportunity to discover the latest techniques in a range of topics from the art of visual storytelling and cultivating creative ideas to how to make your video go viral as well as tips and tricks from top animators.
The workshop is part of the third annual Vancouver Sun Student Video ... Read More …

More than $20,000 in prizes will be up for grabs in the third annual Vancouver Sun/CBC Student Video Awards this year.
Vancouver Film School is this year’s title sponsor and have put up 21 spots to its five-day Foundation, Visual Art & Design workshop from its Summer Intensives series, valued at $895 each. This year’s awards program features two one-day workshops.
The first will be focused on developing creativity and honing craft among students and ... Read More …

To the future Steven Spielberg, The Vancouver Sun is pleased to announce that the second incarnation of the Student Video Awards contest is underway.
The Emily Carr University of Art and Design, which boasts a robust digital arts program (www.ecuad.ca), is the main prizing sponsor this year, providing $9,000 in prizes.
The categories are the same as last year and include: animation, public service announcement, documentary, music video, feature drama and feature comedy. ... Read More …

Animation video entry from Travis Anderson, Gleneagle secondary, Coquitlam.
Title: Time Lapse
Description: A “gentleman” travels through time searching for his sick wife in order to bring her the medicine that will save her life. Unfortunately, his time traveling machine isn’t working as well as he would like, leading to an unexpected partnership. This is the first installment in a proposed series of misadventures.
Remember to visit the Vancouver Sun Student Video Centre to ... Read More …

Great news! Still time to enter your videos in the Student Video Contest so please pass this info on –
The Student Video Awards entry deadline has been extended due to the teachers’ dispute, technical difficulties and Spring Break. The new deadline will be 11:59 p.m. on March 30, 2012.
Questions? Please contact Wendy Nordvik-Carr wnordvik-carr@vancouversun.com
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A still from Reflection Interrupted, a video from Crofton House, featuring the work of Jade Chen, Malika Dhalla, India Dhillon and Margaret Lee

The Sun has launched a new initiative aimed at giving B.C. students a place to show their video work, and be judged against the work of others.
This is it! The Vancouver Sun Student Video Centre.
To take part, just have your teacher/mentor use the application form and then start uploading your work. We’ll let the general public decide which films they like best and the top of the tree will be in line to ... Read More …